[ Vex is quiet for a long stretch of time after Axel finishes speaking, the words slowly sinking into his mind as he watches the vision of his husband play in the waves. ]
He's right there, mate. [ His voice was low and sounded almost lost, as if he knew the next words out of his friend's mouth would be 'I can't see him', or something of that nature. A reasonable part of him knew that he was the only one who could, that he'd just gone mad with grief, but there was another part of him that wanted Axel to say that he saw him too.
That was stupid of him, he knew better than to hope. He shouldn't have said anything at all. ]
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He's right there, mate. [ His voice was low and sounded almost lost, as if he knew the next words out of his friend's mouth would be 'I can't see him', or something of that nature. A reasonable part of him knew that he was the only one who could, that he'd just gone mad with grief, but there was another part of him that wanted Axel to say that he saw him too.
That was stupid of him, he knew better than to hope. He shouldn't have said anything at all. ]